shares of marvell technology took a hit today. a federal jury ordered the company to pay more than $1 billion in damages to carnegie mellon university as part of a patent infringement lawsuit. shares fell more than 10% to five-week low. toyota has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle claims that its cars suddenly and unintentionally accelerated. the settlement will include direct payments to customers as well as the installation of new brake systems in about three million vehicles. the automaker also said that 2013 will look much like 2012. it expects to make about 8.7 million cars and trucks next year, that's about the same as what it produced this year. shares ended the session fell 1% to $90 and change. over the past year, shares are up nearly 40%. it's looking to be a boom year for starwood hotels. the hotel chain says it expects to open 71 new hotels before the new year, and it's signed more then 125 new hotel management agreements, that's the most since before the global financial crisis. the stock was down today, bu